Data Annotations for validation, at least one required field?

Question

If I have a search object with a list of fields, can I, using the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace, set it up to validate that at least one of the fields in t

Answer 1

I have extended Zhaph answer to support grouping of properties.

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = true)]
public class AtLeastOnePropertyAttribute : ValidationAttribute
{
    private string[] PropertyList { get; set; }

    public AtLeastOnePropertyAttribute(params string[] propertyList)
    {
        this.PropertyList = propertyList;
    }

    //See http://stackoverflow.com/a/1365669
    public override object TypeId
    {
        get
        {
            return this;
        }
    }

    public override bool IsValid(object value)
    {
        PropertyInfo propertyInfo;
        foreach (string propertyName in PropertyList)
        {
            propertyInfo = value.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName);

            if (propertyInfo != null && propertyInfo.GetValue(value, null) != null)
            {
                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }
}

Usage:

[AtLeastOneProperty("StringProp", "Id", "BoolProp", ErrorMessage="You must supply at least one value")]
public class SimpleTest
{
    public string StringProp { get; set; }
    public int? Id { get; set; }
    public bool? BoolProp { get; set; }
}

And if you want to have 2 groups (or more):

[AtLeastOneProperty("StringProp", "Id", ErrorMessage="You must supply at least one value")]
[AtLeastOneProperty("BoolProp", "BoolPropNew", ErrorMessage="You must supply at least one value")]
public class SimpleTest
{
    public string StringProp { get; set; }
    public int? Id { get; set; }
    public bool? BoolProp { get; set; }
    public bool? BoolPropNew { get; set; }
}